*Fix: PLUGINS-3211 – Reliability Update for Digital Downloads & PDF Watermarking.

* Fix – Ensure that orders without shipping address fields (e.g., virtual products) correctly appear in the EC Sales List report.
* Fix – Ensure that the Create Order REST API response does not get corrupted when VAT validation fails.
* Fix – Resolve an issue where the Blocks checkout would fail silently after switching from an EU country to a non-EU country when a VAT number had been entered.
* Fix – Respect "Failed Validation Handling" setting when VIES service is unavailable for a member state.
* Fix – Optimized admin dashboard performance by reducing unnecessary background checks.
* Fix – Ensure that the `{vat_id}` placeholder is replaced with the VAT number correctly on block checkout.
* Fix – Improved the translation system to ensure all text is correctly displayed in the selected language.
* Fix – Make the “optional†string translatable.
* Fix – Ensure that Greece VAT number validation correctly uses “EL†instead of “GR†as the VAT prefix in the shortcode checkout when the country code prefix is not required.
* Fix – More specific error message for checkout when two-character VAT number is missing.
* Dev – Bump WooCommerce "tested up to" version 10.6.
* Dev – Bump WooCommerce minimum supported version to 10.4.
* Dev – Bump Wordpress minimum supported version to 6.8.

* Add – International Tracked Heavier (Medium Parcel) rates for January 2026 online pricing.

* Update – WordPress 6.9 compatible.
* Update – WooCommerce 10.6 compatible.
* Update – Integrates customer group and product group filters in the Analytics report on Products.
* Update – Integrates customer group and product group filters in the Analytics report on Revenue.
* Add – Adds the Customer Groups filter to Analytics > Products.
* Add – Adds the Product Groups filter to Analytics > Products.
* Add – Adds the Customer Groups filter to the Advanced Filters in Analytics > Products.
* Add – Adds the Product Groups filter to the Advanced Filters in Analytics > Products.
* Add – Renders information about product groups in Analytics > Products rows.
* Add – Renders information about product groups in Analytics > Categories rows.
* Add – Adds the Customer Groups filter to Analytics > Revenue.
* Add – Adds the Product Groups filter to Analytics > Revenue.
* Add – Adds the Customer Groups filter to the Advanced Filters in Analytics > Revenue.
* Add – Adds the Product Groups filter to the Advanced Filters in Analytics > Revenue.
* Dev – Refactored analytics integration.
* Dev – Validation hints for WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_exclude.
* Dev – Validation hints for phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key.
* Add – Added the groups_woocommerce_analytics_process filter.
* Fix – Corrected language domain on some translatable strings.
* Update – Updated the translation template.
* Update – Updated the German translation.
* Update – Updated the Spanish translation.
* Update – Updated the French translation.
* Fix – Circumvent potential fatal errors due to strict typing on translation calls expecting int parameter.